I think people get fixated on the example of an idea.

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

If you're trying to do something different, you can't ask someone to help, because they'll want to make it not different.

I think more people need to make out.

I think people listen to whatever they think is good.

Sometimes you actually get caught in the web of things where people are talking about... what kind of breakfast cereal you like.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums, unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I think the notion of understanding each other is a relief. It's not a thing you get with everyone you hang out with.

I think music is a selfish masturbatory event - for the listener, the maker, the candlestick...maker.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

Like a handprint in cementAn indelible mark has been leftMy identity has been bentAt the point where your fingers pressed.Some people leave their marksAll over your identity

The main subject in the Bible from the beginning of Genesis through Revelation is none other than Jesus.

Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

I'm proud to be Parisian, proud to be a BANLIEUSARD. Which means a man from the suburbs, from the streets, from the outskirt.

In the arts there are many right answers.

It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

It, (creativity) requires an inclination to step into the unknown, as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight.

We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.

Lonely is a freedom that breathes easy and weightless. And lonely is healing if you make it.